State v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
February 1957
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. O'Brien · State v. Fisher · State v. Wong Fong · State v. McConville · State v. Lewis
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in the instructions of the court with reference to the penalty for the offense charged, whereupon, in open court, the judge replied that it meant that the person must be confined in the state prison for not less than two nor more than five years. Continuing, he said:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Carroll
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.